Tire.



PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

G. H. HASTINGS.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1902.

Patented April 1 1, 1 905.

UNTTED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

GEORGE HENRY lIrKllNCi-S, OF OPORTO, PORTUGAL.

TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,173, dated April11, 1905.

Application filed September 12, 1902. Serial Not 123,184.

Be it known that I, (:rnonen HnXnY Hws'rwas, a British subject, residingat Oporto, in :he Kingdom of Portugal, have invented ceriain new anduseful Improvements in Tires; ind i do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the inven- ;ion. such as willenable others skilled in the irt to which it appertains to make and usethe Tame. i

This invention relates to an improved punciure-proot' pneumatic tire forcycles, motor- ?ars, and other vehicles.

The invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a cross-section of the improved tire in the form ofa single-tube tire. Fig. 2 represents a like view of a modification.

in carrying the invention into etfect 1 lo- .:ate by cementing with anysuitable adhesive L band (I of whalebone between the layers of ;hefabric 1 of the tire, Fig. 1, such whalebone Said whalebone band 1 ing abroad flat substantially solid tread portion, of a broad flat band ofwhalebone intimately embedded therein and completely enveloped by saidtread portion. substantially as described.

2. The combination with a pneumatic tire provided with an enlarged solidtread portion, of a tlat band of whalebone intimately embedded withinsaid solid tread portion and forming a substantial part of the interiorthereof.

3. The combination with a pneumatic tire provided with an enlargedsubstantially solid tread portion, of a band of whalebone completelyembedded within said tread portion, for protecting the tire frompuncture and increasing the resiliency of the tread, whereby the tire isnot deadencd by the insertion of the puncture-proof material in therubber composition.

4. The combination of a pneumatic tire, provided with a broad flatsubstantially solid tread portion, having a roughened surface, and abroad flat band of whalebone embedded within said solid tread portion,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY lLz-XSlTlNGS. lVitnesses:

\V. .H. S'rUmt, AN'ro FRANCISCO Oux'n.

